S V MITCHELL Artist

I remember when I was 18 seeing a friend’s new tattoo. Immediately I knew that this was the genre I wanted to work in. So 1987 I apprenticed as a tattoo artist. My mission as a tattoo artist, was to use my artistic skills to help clients express their inner visions on their skin, and mark their rites of passage in a time honored way. I owned and ran a tattoo studio for many years. In this time I met many fantastic people, who in turn enriched my life experiences; it was very fulfilling to share in this holistic, shamanic experience with them. Towards the late nineties there were new missions growing deep inside of me that I felt compelled to express. So in 1999 I stopped tattooing took a sabbatical and visited the USA and Canada. While in the USA, I spent time with the Navajo and Hopi tribes, and in Canada with the Huron [Mohawk/Mohican] people. I feel privileged to have been embraced by these people, some of whose traditions, craft skills and mystical healing arts I now incorporate into my art and my life today. We are all living in a Bardo, but we do not realize IT ! ~ S.V.Mitchell

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FEEDING THE SPIRITS (detail) by http://svmitchell.tumblr.com/

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FEEDING THE SPIRITS,

airbrush by http://svmitchell.tumblr.com/

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RED WITCH, 2017

airbrush acrylic on paper, by http://svmitchell.tumblr.com/

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“WHITE TEA II”, 2016

acrylic airbrush on paper  by http://svmitchell.tumblr.com/

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“ZEN MASTER”, 2016 by http://svmitchell.tumblr.com/

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“BLACK HEART”, 2016, airbrush by http://svmitchell.tumblr.com/

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PICASSO’S DOVE, 2016,airbrush by http://svmitchell.tumblr.com/

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VISION I, 2015 by Steven Vincent Mitchell

acrylic on paper,airbrush

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SMOKER, 2016 by S V Mitchell

acrylic on paper

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SWINGER by S V Mitchell, 2015

59x42 cm, acrylic on paper

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PASSAGE II, 2015 by Steven V Mitchell

acrylic on paper, 58x40 cm

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SHOE III, 2015 by Steven Vincent Mitchell

Acrylic on paper 29x20 cm

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STUDYING TIME, 2015 by S V Mitchell

40x29 cm, acrylic on paper

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RED ROAD BLUE ROAD, 2015

42x42 cm

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“LET THERE BE LIGHT”, 2015 by Steven Vincent Mitchell

29x21 cm, airbrush acrylic on paper

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“PIPER” II, 2015 by Steven Vincent Mitchell

29x21 cm, acrylic on paper

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“MESSENGER”, 2015 by Steven Vincent Mitchell

60x50 cm, acrylic on paper

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